Founders Cerise

Brewed by Founders Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

12 oz bottle from Casanova. Pours a light pink color with a slight white head that diminishes quickly. Aroma is of course cherry and some wheat. The smell of this reminds me of Sam Adams Cherry Wheat, exactly actually. Flavor is surprisingly sweet (I expected a lot more tartness) but not overly sweet at all. Tangy smooth finish. This is incredibly good beer.

12oz bottle. Small beige/pink head that almost wholly dissipates, atop murky orange/red body. Aroma is medium sweet, astringent cherry. Taste is medium sweet, cherry cough drop, some cherry pit. Light-medium body, light syrup. Maybe I got a bad bottle, but this is not good.

Red with a slightly pink, lasting head. Aroma of sweet cherries with a touch of malt. Sweet and malty flavour with cherries. Slightly tart

Pours a clear red with no head. Aroma is cereal malt and sour cherries. Taste is the same with a hint of sweet tarts. Smooth mouth feel, body is nice but a bit thin. Decent beer.

Draft at Sheffield’s. Pours a hazy red/pink. Nose is tart cherries, pie and distant malts. Taste is very natural, pure cherry, a touch tart. Finishes dry. Pretty nice, for what it is.

Sampled at 2009 WIU Performing Arts Society Beerfest. Cloudy apricot/pink color with small white head. Light cherry aroma, some fruit punch and light leather. Rather tart flavor, some Sweet Tarts candy, sour cherry (but not very sour). A little watermelon rind in the flavor. Somewhat sour finish. Flavors all seem legit - no hints of artificial flavorings.

Attractive cherry tinged pour with light white head that releases a very intense cherry tartness in the aroma. Refreshing carbonation. Light body. Decent spicy/tart cherry characteristics, without any noticable artificiality or cloying sweetness. Quite a nice change of pace...and reliable summer refresher.